AP Human Geography Basic Background Knowledge List
Test: Week 1 of School
Use any online map to create a study map.
Online Quiz or Practice Sites:
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072827653/student_view0/interactive_maps.html#
http://www.wiley.com/college/kuby/0471701211/mapquizzes/index.html?newwindow=true
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm
Countries
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Venezuela
Egypt
South Africa
Nigeria
Sudan
Somalia
China
Japan
India
Russia
Iraq
Iran
Afghanistan
Kazakhstan
Thailand
Vietnam
Indonesia
Great Britain
Saudi Arabia
Netherlands
Sweden
Germany
France
Spain
Italy
Switzerland
Continents, Bodies of
Water, Islands
Belgium
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Croatia
Greece
Turkey
Pakistan
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Asia
Africa
North America
South America
Antarctica
Europe
Australia
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
Arctic
Southern
Caribbean Sea
Mediterranean
Bering Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Hudson Bay
Black Sea
Red Sea
Baltic Sea
Persian Gulf
Lake Superior
Aral Sea
Caspian Sea
Nile River
Amazon River
Yangtze River
Mississippi River
Congo River
Rio Grande River
Indus River
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Ganges River
Micronesia
Madagascar
Taiwan
Cyprus
AP Human Geography Vocabulary
Unit I Geography
Chapter: 1 Basic Concepts
Directions: Below is a list of Chapter 1 Vocabulary Terms. A majority of the terms are in the
textbook and a few require the internet. There are many very good AP Human Geo vocabulary
websites. To ensure you find the correct definition, in the internet search bar type the term and
the words “AP Human Geography.” (search example: culture AP human geography) This will
ensure that the definition will have the correct context.
Use the format below to make a notecard for each term.
A notecard is required for each term. Notecard Format:
Vocabulary
Term
1. Absolute location
2. Cartography
3. Connections
4. Contagious Diffusion
5. Culture
6. Cultural diffusion
7. Cultural ecology
8. Cultural Landscape
9. Density
10. Diffusion
11. Distance decay
12. Distortion
13. Environmental
determinism
14. Expansion diffusion
15. Formal/uniform region
16. Functional/nodal
region
17. Geography
18. GIS
19. Globalization
20. GPS
21. Hearth (cultural)
22. Hierarchical diffusion
23. Latitude
24. Location
Definition
Front
Back
Example
25. Longitude
26. Map
27. Mental map
28. Meridian
29. Parallel
30. Pattern
31. Place
32. Possibilism
33. Prime Meridian
34. Projection
35. Region
36. Regional Studies
37. Relocation diffusion
38. Remote sensing
39. Map Scale
40. Site
41. Situation
42. Spatial
43. Stimulus diffusion
44. Toponym
45. US Land Ordinance
1785
46. Vernacular region
47. Distribution
48. Local Diversity
49. Township
50. Range